Taxi controller to bus route supervisor
A taxi controller already meets 23% of what the bus route supervisor role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.
74.8/ 100
1 How much of what a bus route supervisor is expected to do is already part of a taxi controller’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the bus route supervisor role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A bus route supervisor role treats 5 of its required skills as things a taxi controller already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- communicate verbal instructions
- have computer literacy
- match vehicles with routes
- monitor drivers
- road traffic laws
What stands in the way is 14 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A bus route supervisor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a taxi controller background worth leading with.
- already held monitor drivers management skills
- already held match vehicles with routes management skills
- already held communicate verbal instructions communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held road traffic laws business, administration and law
- already held have computer literacy working with computers
All 5 carried skills, including the 5 the bus route supervisor role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 21 missing skills fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn manage assignment of bus routes required
- still to learn monitor condition of local roads required
- still to learn schedule and dispatch drivers required
- still to learn supervise movement of passengers required
- still to learn plan schedule required
- still to learn prepare transportation routes required
- optional, not held recruit bus drivers optional
- still to learn investigate road accidents required
- still to learn analyse work-related written reports required
- still to learn keep task records required
- optional, not held conduct drug abuse tests optional
- still to learn give instructions to staff required
- optional, not held prepare road directions optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
- optional, not held write work-related reports optional
- still to learn national road network required
- optional, not held mechanics of trolley buses optional
- still to learn road transport legislation required
- still to learn geographical routes required
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a bus route supervisor role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 manage assignment of bus routes practise this
- 02 monitor condition of local roads practise this
- 03 comply with policies for trolley bus driving practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 5 skills that carry over
- already held communicate verbal instructions skill
- already held have computer literacy skill
- already held match vehicles with routes skill
- already held monitor drivers skill
- already held road traffic laws knowledge
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn comply with policies for trolley bus driving required
- optional, not held ensure implementation of safe driving practices optional
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held prepare road directions optional
- optional, not held conduct drug abuse tests optional
- optional, not held mechanics of trolley buses optional
- optional, not held recruit bus drivers optional
- optional, not held ensure implementation of safe driving practices optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
- optional, not held write work-related reports optional
17 held skills the bus route supervisor role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assign taxi fares skill
- not needed by the target role communicate by telephone skill
- not needed by the target role consider economic criteria in decision making skill
- not needed by the target role control taxi schedules skill
- not needed by the target role drive in urban areas skill
- not needed by the target role follow up complaint reports skill
- not needed by the target role handle customer complaints skill
- not needed by the target role listen actively skill
- not needed by the target role log times of taxis skill
- not needed by the target role operate radio dispatch systems for taxis skill
- not needed by the target role passenger transport regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform services in a flexible manner skill
- not needed by the target role provide high-end driving services skill
- not needed by the target role read maps skill
- not needed by the target role relay messages through radio and telephone systems skill
- not needed by the target role use codes to communicate with taxi drivers skill
- not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
4 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn national road network required
- still to learn road transport legislation required
- still to learn geographical routes required
- optional, not held mechanics of trolley buses optional
Other moves recorded from taxi controller
Common questions about this move
Can a taxi controller become a bus route supervisor?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A taxi controller already covers 23% of what a bus route supervisor is expected to do: 5 skills carry over, 5 of which the bus route supervisor role treats as required.
What skills does a taxi controller need to become a bus route supervisor?
14 required skills are missing, plus 7 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is manage assignment of bus routes.
How hard is the move from taxi controller to bus route supervisor?
Its learning distance is 74.8 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.